The Cave
A real coral cave at the foot of the cliff, made into the domain's restaurant and bar. Dinner is served where the rock has always met the tide.
DOSSIER — SHEET A-03 · LE DOMAINE
The domain
Between the cliff and the piers, the plan keeps most of the peninsula as it is — coral rock, evergreen trees, sand. What is added is placed with care: a cave, a garden, a marina, a deck for the morning.
MASTERPLAN — LE DOMAINE
Preliminary design
TRUNZ WIRTH ARCHITEKTUR — A-03
POINTS D'INTÉRÊT — 5
The spice garden
Zanzibar is the spice island, and the domain plants its own — karafuu (clove), mdalasini (cinnamon), iliki (cardamom), pilipili hoho (sweet pepper). The garden's paths are the resort's corridors.
Yoga
A deck above the water for sunrise practice, and quieter corners of the gardens for the rest of the day. Pumzika — rest — is taken seriously here.
The beaches
White sand along the lagoon, reached from every residence without crossing a road. At low tide the water withdraws for hundreds of metres and leaves the sand ribbed and warm.
The marina
A jetty and boat dock between the two piers. Days on the water begin at your own shore — dhow, dive boat, or the crossing to Stone Town.
BAHARI — THE SEA
The lagoon is the reason everything else is here. Bahari — the sea — runs from glass-green at dawn to the deep noon blue the peninsula is known for, and every residence is drawn around it, never against it.
